Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS was 21,939 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 21,939 1000 ha for terrestrial barren land — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Africa peaked at 22,730 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 17,086 1000 ha, in 2011.
Southern Africa ranks 13th of 44 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19,179 1000 ha | 18,113 1000 ha | 20,588 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 19,008 1000 ha | 17,086 1000 ha | 21,593 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,130 1000 ha | 21,693 1000 ha | 22,730 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value 35,013 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production 18.57 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity 427,327 m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 9.63 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Africa?
- Terrestrial barren land — area from modis in Southern Africa was 21,939 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,730 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest terrestrial barren land — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,086 1000 ha in 2011.
- How does Southern Africa rank for terrestrial barren land — area from modis?
- Southern Africa ranks 13th out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
- Is terrestrial barren land — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.